Nonstop flight route between Moanda, Gabon and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moanda Airport (MFF), Moanda, Gabon and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,152 miles (or 9,901 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Moanda Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Moanda Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moanda Airport (MFF):

• The closest airport to Moanda Airport (MFF) is M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport (MVB), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) SE of MFF.
• The furthest airport from Moanda Airport (MFF) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is located 11,982 miles (19,283 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.

Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):

• The furthest airport from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.
• Windward Point contains most of the activities on the Naval Station.
• In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.
• Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
• The closest airport to United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is Mariana Grajales Airport (GAO), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) N of NBW.